1 68 TURNSTONE, 



end with dark grey, olive-brown, and black, or reddish- 

 brown of two shades. They are cleverly concealed. 



Mr. Hewitson says that all the eggs of this species 

 that he met with in his visit to the coast of Norway, 

 were suffused with a beautiful tint of purple or crimson, 

 seen in those of few other species. 



